The Duchess of Padua : a tragedy in five acts / written for Mary Anderson by Oscar Wilde. [1881/3]

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The Duchess of Padua : a tragedy in five acts / written for Mary Anderson by Oscar Wilde. [1881/3]

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Original manuscript written in Wilde's "Greek" style, in ink on hand-made paper, water-marked "De La Rue." Many annotations, corrections and additions are on the versos of several leaves. With this: original mss. contract in holograph of the agreement between Wilde and Hamilton Griffin, manager of Miss Anderson; first page of a letter to Wilde from New York, dated Oct. 4, 1882, in which the writer states that he has received a telegram from Griffin saying that Miss Anderson had concluded not to produce the paly until next September 1; A.L.S. to Wilde from Griffin, dated Dec. 1, 1882.

122 leaves ; 28 cm.

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

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Anderson, Mary, 1859-1940

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